Method for Commissioning and/or Operating a Communication System - A method for start-up and/or operation of a communication system composed of at least one multivariable sensor, at least one converter unit and at least one receiving unit, which are connected with one another via a two-wire line. A primary measured value in the form of an analog signal and extra measured values in the form of an encoded digital signal modulated on the analog signal are provided from the multivariable sensor via the two-wire line, wherein only analog signals are received by the receiving unit. The extra measured values are scaled in the multivariable sensor into formatted values by means of a conversion algorithm, wherein at least the formatted values are requested and received by the converter unit, and wherein corresponding analog signals of the extra measured values are produced from the formatted values in the converter unit by a fixedly predetermined, unconfigurable, reconversion algorithm. The analog signals of the extra measured values are transmitted via respective separate electrical current lines to the receiving unit.

2010-01-28

20100019932

Driver Initiated Vehicle-to-Vehicle Anonymous Warning Device - A driver-initiated warning device is described for communicating descriptive vehicle-to-vehicle warning messages. The device can be deployed within an automobile and can include an interface that receives input from a driver or passenger of a vehicle. The device also includes a vehicle-to-vehicle communications component that generates anonymous messages upon having received the input and broadcasts the anonymous messages to other vehicles within range. The anonymous messages have embedded electronic data regarding an event observed by the driver or passenger, such as location information of a road hazard. Based on receiving the messages, the device can make decisions as to whether to alert the driver of any upcoming dangers or other events. The location information contained in the messages can be used to filter the messages based on relevance. The messages can also be relayed to other vehicles in order to optimize information diffusion between moving automobiles.

2010-01-28

20100019933

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An object is to provide a communication device which can transmit different information for each lane in vehicle-to-roadside communications, while allowing vehicles to perform highly accurate position location. A communication device, placed on roadside, for transmitting information to a plurality of lanes, comprises a plurality of transmission means for respectively transmitting information to the plurality of lanes, and control means for causing the plurality of transmission means to simultaneously transmit common information to all the lanes and, during when the common information is not simultaneously transmitted, causing transmission means for a specific lane in the plurality of transmission means to transmit specific lane information having a content related to the specific lane while stopping transmission means for a lane adjacent to the specific lane in the plurality of transmission means 12 from transmitting information; wherein the common information to be simultaneously transmitted contains at least a part of information making a line identifiable in the specific lane information in addition to information having a content common in all the lanes.

2010-01-28

20100019934

PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A target parking position serving as a parking target of a vehicle is set, and a parking start position from which the vehicle can start to reach the target parking position while maintaining a predetermined steering angle is set. Then, a vehicle mark V indicating a current position, a target parking frame F

2010-01-28

20100019935

PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A parking assistance device includes a guiding unit to perform guidance of a vehicle to a parking initial position from which the vehicle can be parked into a parking space located adjacent to and on a far side of an object existing around the vehicle with respect to a running direction of the vehicle; an obstacle detecting unit to detect an obstacle around the vehicle in response to a reflected wave of a wave emitted from the vehicle in a predetermined direction; and a timing setting unit configured to set a timing to start the guidance in response to a detection result of the obstacle detecting unit, which is related to an obstacle existing in a predetermined distance from the object in the parking space.

2010-01-28

20100019936

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-POWERED VEHICULAR SENSOR NODE USING MAGNETIC SENSOR AND RADIO TRANSCEIVER - The invention includes a vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations. Power from power source is controlled for delivery to radio transceiver and magnetic sensor, based upon a task trigger and task identifier. The radio transceiver and the magnetic sensor are operated based upon the task identifier, when the task trigger is active. The power source, radio transceiver, magnetic sensor, and circuit apparatus are enclosed in vehicular sensor node, placed upon pavement and operating for at least five years without replacing the power source components. Magnetic sensor preferably uses the magnetic resistive effect to create magnetic sensor state. Radio transceiver preferably implements version of a wireless communications protocol. The circuit apparatus may further include light emitting structure to visibly communicate during installation and/or testing, and second light emitting structure used to visibly communicate with vehicle operators. Making filled shell and vehicular sensor node from circuit apparatus.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RE-TRIGGERING OF A RADAR WEATHER DISPLAY - After deactivation of the presentation of weather information on a radar weather display, systems and methods re-trigger when weather conditions change so that the crew is advised of the changed weather conditions. An exemplary embodiment monitors at least one condition of the weather and in response to the monitored weather condition meeting a re-triggering criteria, presents an advisory to a crew member of the aircraft indicating at least presence of the weather.

CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a character input device including a plurality of directional input keys. The character input device includes input means including four input keys that are arranged in four radial directions around a center so that distances between adjacent input keys are uniform. The respective input keys are provided such that they can be moved toward a plurality of direction indication locations arranged in radial directions around a reference location, and can perform directional movement input. Accordingly, each of characters, numbers, and symbols can be input through a single action using four input keys, thereby enabling the minimization of the space and rapid and accurate character input. Furthermore, characters arranged on respective input keys are separately arranged in the directions of the movement of input keys, and thus a user can easily become accustomed to the operation of the input keys, thereby enabling efficient character input.

2010-01-28

20100019941

ENCODING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROCESSOR - Disclosed is an apparatus in which there are provided a first storage unit for storing signals to which indexes are given in order to distinguish each of a plurality of signals that are to be coded; a first index computing unit for computing first indexes of non-zero signals among the signals stored in the first storage unit; a second index computing unit for computing second indexes from a base index and the first indexes; a second index storage position search unit for searching for a storage position in a second storage unit in which the second indexes are to be stored based on values of the indexes stored in the second storage unit; a second index preserving unit for preserving the second index in the second storage unit based on a storage position searched for by the second index storage position search unit; and a control unit for giving the base index to the second index computing unit and for controlling operation of the first index computing unit, the second index computing unit the second index storage position search unit, and the second index preserving unit.

2010-01-28

20100019942

Interpolation method and a circuit for carrying out said method used in a high-resolution encoder - Intermediate digital signals Fi(α), Gi(α), i=1, . . . I, are generated, which result from a comparison of reference potentials of the first input analogue signal at a shifted value of its observed argument and with a suitably reduced amplitude to the potential, which is inverse to said potential, of the third input analogue signal at the same shifted value of the observed argument and with the amplitude reduced in said way, the shifted argument values being uniformly distributed within the first half-period. A value U of the voltage is measured at any value of the observed argument as at that time the highest one of the voltages at terminals with said reference potentials. An actual peak amplitude A of the input analogue signals is determined as A=k

2010-01-28

20100019943

Offset compensation scheme using a DAC - An offset compensation scheme using a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. In some embodiments, a DAC is coupled to a circuit having an undesired current or voltage offset and is configured to at least in part compensate for the undesired current or voltage offset. For example, in some embodiments, the DAC injects current or voltage into the circuit that shifts a current or voltage of the circuit by an amount equal or similar in magnitude but opposite in polarity to a shift in the current or voltage of the circuit caused by the undesired current or voltage offset.

SYSTEM UNIT ELEMENT SELECTION - The management of unit element selections in a system that includes multiple unit elements. The system includes an element selection component that is configured so that each of the multiple elements is used the same number of times over a certain number of selection cycles. This preserves the first order noise shaping of the mismatch noise thereby keeping a high signal to noise ratio. In addition, the selection of the unit elements is not done in a periodic fashion. This allows the system to avoid tones within the signal band.

2010-01-28

20100019946

Amplifier networks with controlled common-mode level and converter systems for use therewith - Effective control of the common-mode level of amplifiers is obtained through control structures (both closed-loop and open-loop structures) which are directed to various amplifier functions such as the reduction of amplifier loading, accurate sensing of common-mode levels, mitigation of headroom restraints, and proper transistor biasing. This common-mode control is especially useful in multiplying analog-to-digital converters (MDACs) of signal processing systems.

2010-01-28

20100019947

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF RADIO FREQUENCY CHANNELS FOR RADAR DETECTION - Described in an example embodiment herein is a procedure that comprises sampling one or more channels that are not in use for a short time at certain intervals. In particular embodiments, the interval duration is irregular so as to prevent “out of step” lock with a radar's pulses. During the sampling period, detection events are stored in terms of start time and duration. If potential radar events are detected, the channels are sampled for a longer, second interval to determine whether the detection events are indicative of radar. The length of the sampling period determines the number of samples needed to get an acceptable detection probability.

2010-01-28

20100019948

SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A passive system is described for detecting radar emissions from vessels, receiving the radar emissions and analysing the data using a series of algorithms and software manipulation to extract radar signatures representative of the identity of the vessel. The data output is capable of comparison with a stored set of data enabling accurate identification of the vessel. The resulting output is displayed on a suitable display. A system having a library of vessel emission signatures can either be created within the operator's library through measurement made, or it can be supplied from a central database. The system is capable of installation on sea, land or air-based platforms.

2010-01-28

20100019949

Processing of pulse-echo measurements signals - Pulse echo signals containing false echoes are processed by forming tracks of multiple received echoes and monitoring these tracks by a recursive filter such as a Kalman filter. A track velocity is estimated for each track, and the position of each the next echo on the track is predicted.

2010-01-28

20100019950

ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED RADAR SYSTEM - A sampled beat signal RD is split into a plurality of short-time data SD in the time direction, for each of antenna elements. Interference component frequency of an interference wave is detected from a frequency spectrum of the short-time data SD. A digital beam forming process is performed for the interference component frequency of the interference wave to extract a peak of the electrical power of an azimuth direction and estimate an absolute value of an incoming direction of interference components. Based on the absolute value of the incoming direction of the estimated interference components, a filter for suppressing the interference components is operated to suppress the interference components.

2010-01-28

20100019951

METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VARIABLE - A method for determining a variable associated with an object, the object having a plurality of points suitable for reflecting measuring signals, a probability of reflections occurring at these points is taken into account for evaluating at least one measuring signal.

2010-01-28

20100019952

SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELIEF ON A GRANULE FILLING SURFACE IN A PETROCHEMICAL REACTOR - The invention relates to a system for determining relief on a granule filling surface in a petrochemical reactor, the filling direction in which the reactor is filled defining a vertical direction, the reactor having a central vertical axis, the system including a transmitter configured to be positioned above the filling surface in such a manner as to transmit a signal to various points of said surface. The system includes shift means for shifting the transmitter about the central axis of the reactor through an angle that is great than 60°.

2010-01-28

20100019953

Pulse Radar Ranging System - In a pulse radar ranging system, directional coupling means are configured to convey transmit pulses to be transmitted via an antenna to a target and to convey target echoes received by the antenna to a signal mixer that generates an intermediate frequency signal. To embed a reference measurement into the target measurement, the directional coupling means include a four-port circulator with an additional port arranged between a port receiving the transmit pulses and a port coupled to the antenna. A reference line is coupled to the additional port for generating reference echo pulses in response to input pulses. The circulator is configured to split a portion of the transmit pulses to the reference line and to convey there reference echo pulses to the antenna.

2010-01-28

20100019954

RADAR WITH NON-UNIFORMLY SPACED ANTENNA ARRAY - In a radar with a non-uniformly spaced antenna array, an extractor estimates a number of arrivals of echoes to the antenna array. A setter sets a number of azimuths corresponding to a number of extracted peaks as a number of tested azimuths greater than the number of arrivals of echoes by a preset number. A determiner determines a level of correlations among steering vectors respectively corresponding to the tested azimuths. A selector selects, from the tested azimuths, azimuths as power-estimation targets based on the determined level of the correlations among the steering vectors. A first estimator estimates a received power level from each power-estimation target. A second estimator estimates, from the power-estimation targets, an azimuth of the target based on the estimated received power level from each power-estimation target. The estimated received power level from the azimuth is equal to or greater than a preset threshold level.

Radar Tracking System - According to one embodiment, a radar tracking system includes a radar coupled to a radar processing system. Radar processing system receives images from the radar and that are each obtained at a differing angular orientation of the radar to a target. Radar processing system dithers each image along its azimuthal extent and then combines the dithered images to form an enhanced image of the target.

2010-01-28

20100019957

TIME-COMPRESSED CLUTTER COVARIANCE SIGNAL PROCESSOR - The time compression processor coding methodology gives rise to an exceedingly fast clutter covariance processor compressor (CCPC). The CCPC includes a look up memory containing a very small number of predicted clutter covariances (PCCs) that are suitably designed off-line (e.g., in advance) using a discrete number of clutter to noise ratios (CNRs) and shifted antenna patterns (SAPs), where the SAPs are mathematical computational artifices not physically implemented. The on-line selection of the best PCC is achieved by investigating for each case, e.g., each range bin, the actual CNR, as well as the clutter cell centroid (CCC), which conveys information about the best SAP to select. The advanced CCPC is a ‘lossy’ processor coder that inherently arises from a novel practical and theoretical foundation for signal processing, namely, processor coding, that is the time compression signal processing dual of space compression source coding.

2010-01-28

20100019958

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED DISCRIMINATION OF TURBULENCE - Systems and methods differentiate weather, such as storm cells and/or turbulence regions, based on location relative to a planned flight path of an aircraft. An exemplary embodiment compares a location of the weather with a location of a region of space corresponding to the planned flight path of the aircraft. In response to the location of the weather region being outside of the region of space, an icon is presented on a display corresponding to the weather using a first icon format. In response to location of the weather being within the region of space, the icon corresponding to the weather is presented on the display using a second icon format, the second icon format different from the first icon format.

Method and Apparatus for Mitigating Multipath Effects at a Satellite Signal Receiver Using a Sequential Estimation Filter - A method and apparatus for mitigating multipath effects in a satellite signal receiver is described. In one example, measured pseudoranges are obtained from the satellite signal receiver to a plurality of satellites. For each measured pseudorange: an expected pseudorange is derived from a sequential estimation filter in the satellite signal receiver. The measured pseudorange and the expected pseudorange are differenced to compute a pseudorange residual. The measured pseudorange is applied to the sequential estimation filter only if the pseudorange residual is within a window.

2010-01-28

20100019961

Method and Apparatus for Operating a Navigation Satellite System - Operation of a satellite navigation system utilizes a method of generating a sufficiently smooth and very flexible parameterization of satellite orbits and/or satellite clock corrections of a satellite. For description of the satellite orbit(s) and/or of the satellite clock corrections, a first system of advancing differentiable functions (first function system) is provided which has a high approximation quality and a long range of influence. The satellite orbits and/or satellite clock corrections parameterized from the first function system are transmitted from a central ground processing unit to one or more satellites and then to a user device. (Alternatively, the transmission may take place without utilizing the space segment, via only a ground infrastructure.) In addition, a second advancing system (second function system) of at least continuous functions of a moderate approximation quality and a very short range of influence may be provided, which, particularly by means of the user terminal, permits a conversion to the first function system. As a result, the time required to determine the first navigation information (the time to the first fix) can be significantly shortened.

VEHICULAR NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicular navigation and positioning method and system includes a GNSS receiver, an inertial navigation system and on-board vehicular sensors. Available data is integrated by a Kalman filter and vehicle position, velocity and attitude is updated as a result.

2010-01-28

20100019964

ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION AND ROAD CONDITION RECOGNITION - An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on characteristic maneuvers and road and traffic conditions. The system includes a plurality of vehicle sensors that detect various vehicle parameters. A maneuver identification processor receives the sensor signals to identify a characteristic maneuver of the vehicle and provides a maneuver identifier signal of the maneuver. The system also includes a road condition recognition processor that receives the sensor signals, and provides road condition signals identifying road conditions. A style characterization processor receives the maneuver identifier signals, sensor signals from the vehicle sensors and the road condition signals, and classifies driving style based on the signals to classify the style of the driver driving the vehicle.

2010-01-28

20100019965

Data Compression by Multi-Order Differencing - Embodiments of the present invention enable compression and decompression of data. Applications of the present invention are its use in embodiments of systems for compression and decompression of GPS long-term Ephemeris (LTE) data, although the present invention is not limited to such applications. In embodiments, the LTE data may be grouped into a set of data values associated with a parameter. In embodiments, a data set may be compressed by using a multi-order differencing scheme. In such a scheme, a set of the differences between values may be compressed because the differences have smaller magnitudes than the values. In embodiments, a multi-order differencing scheme determines how many levels (orders) of differencing may be applied to an original data set before it is compressed. In embodiments, the original data may be recovered from a compressed data set based on the type of multi-order differencing scheme used to generate the compressed data.

Method and apparatus for determining location - A method and apparatus for determining location parameters by processing time and location datagrams made up of data contained in satellite positioning signals. In one embodiment, time and location datagrams are transferred to a GPS processing facility. In one embodiment, a plurality of time and location datagrams are combined. In one embodiment, time and location datagram size is increased, resulting in greater processing gains. In one embodiment, low frequency data overlay data is removed from the time and location datagrams.

2010-01-28

20100019968

GPS CLOCKING DEVICE AND TIME DETECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a GPS clocking device comprises a computing module, a storage module, a reading module, and a correction module. The computing module receives a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite, and computes a receiving position of the GPS signal in the standard coordinate system of the GPS based on the GPS signal. The storage module stores position information which indicates areas different from each other in the employed standard time, and is represented by the standard coordinate system, and information on the time difference between the standard time of each area and standard time of the GPS. The reading module reads time-difference information corresponding to an area to which the receiving position computed by the computing module corresponds from the storage module. The correction module corrects the current time indicated by the time information included in the GPS signal by using the time-difference information.

2010-01-28

20100019969

System and method for effectively performing enhanced mobile-device location procedures - A system and method for effectively performing enhanced device location procedures to determine the current physical location of a mobile device includes a plurality of satellites that wirelessly transmit satellite beacon signals, a plurality of base stations that wirelessly transmit pilot signals, and a plurality of access points that wirelessly transmit access-point beacon signals. A location detector of the mobile device coordinates a device location procedure by measuring the satellite beacon signals, the pilot signals, and the access-point beacon signals to generate corresponding satellite information, base station information, and access point information. The location detector analyzes the satellite information, the base station information, and the access point information to select an optimal system configuration from the most effective satellites, base stations, and access points. The location detector then utilizes the optimal system configuration to accurately calculate the current physical location of the mobile device.

2010-01-28

20100019970

Signal processing techniques for improving the sensitivity of GPS receivers - A system for measuring the pseudo range from a first GPS sensor to a designated navigational satellite, for use in a satellite positioning system (SPS) is comprised of first and second GPS sensors for receiving and recording first and second portions of the signal transmitted by the designated navigational satellite, the recordings referred to as the first and second datagrams; and means for transmitting the first and second datagrams to a datagram processing facility wherein the pseudo range from the first GPS sensor to the designated navigational satellite is extracted. The datagram processing facility for extracting the pseudo range is further comprised of a pseudo range engine for extracting a pseudo range from a datagram originating with said first GPS sensor, the location of which is to be determined, the extraction accomplished with the aid of a perfect reference; and a perfect reference engine for generating a perfect reference from a datagram originating with a second GPS sensor designated for the express purpose of perfect reference generation. The perfect reference reduces the minimum number of satellites required to fix a position from four to three, and further enables the pseudo range engine to recombine multi-path GPS signals.

2010-01-28

20100019971

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE UNITS BASED ON ANGLE MEASUREMENTS - A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information related to the position of the selected mobile unit. The reported information is used to compute a position of the selected mobile unit.

2010-01-28

20100019972

MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION - A multi-touch system is provided. The multi-touch system includes a multi-touch detection area generated by a mobile device and a first communication device, the mobile device and first or second communication device being movable relative to each other. The mobile device is operable to determine a first set of coordinates for a first detectable object within the multi-touch detection area as a function of: a distance between the mobile device and the first communication device, a distance between the mobile device and first detectable object, and a distance between the first communication device and first detectable object.

2010-01-28

20100019973

MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna has a grounding plate, a radiating element and a parasitic element. The radiating element has a level radiating portion disposed a predetermined distance away from the grounding plate and a first connecting portion connecting the level radiating portion with the grounding plate. The parasitic element has a substantially L-shaped parasitic portion away from the grounding plate and a second connecting portion disposed at the same side of the grounding plate with the first connecting portion to connect a free end of the L-shaped parasitic portion with the grounding plate. The L-shaped parasitic portion is substantially at the same plane with and spatially fences the level radiating portion to define a substantially L-shaped space. The multi-band antenna has simple structure and small size to be assembled in the limited space of notebook.

2010-01-28

20100019974

Multi-band antenna - A multi-band antenna includes an insulative supporting member, an antenna stripe comprising a ground element, a first antenna used for wireless wide area net and a second antenna used on wireless local area net, wherein said first antenna comprises a first radiating portion with a horizontal first feeding tab, said first radiating portion is separated from the grounding element, said antenna stripe surrounds the supporting member, said first radiating portion is fixed on the supporting member and covers plural faces of the supporting member.

2010-01-28

20100019975

Flat antenna structure - The invention relates to a flat antenna structure. The flat antenna structure includes a first metal plate, an intermediate layer, a metal ring, and a second metal plate. The intermediate layer has a first hole, and the intermediate layer is installed above and connected to the first metal plate. The metal ring is connected to the first metal plate through the first hole. The second metal plate has a second hole. The second metal plate is connected to the metal ring and the first metal plate. The intermediate layer and the metal ring are wrapped by the first metal plate and the second metal plate. The second metal plate can be electrically connected to the first metal plate via the metal ring, and a resonator is formed between the first metal plate and the second metal plate. A characteristic of the flat antenna can be adjusted by changing the diameters of the first hole and the metal ring.

2010-01-28

20100019976

ANTENNA DEVICE - In order to reduce waveform distortion caused by higher harmonic components of rectangular waveforms reduced as compared with fundamental frequency component when a wireless digital signal is directly and wirelessly transmitted and received by baseband transmission, an antenna apparatus includes a dielectric substrate including a ground conductor formed on a back surface thereof, and a radiation conductor formed on a front surface of the dielectric substrate. Upon directly transmitting and receiving a wireless digital signal via a feed point of the radiation conductor, formation of notched portions at sides of the radiation conductor, which intersect an electric field plane defined by an electric field when the antenna apparatus is excited, leads to reduction in the waveform distortion of waveform of the transmitted wireless digital signal.

2010-01-28

20100019977

ANTENNA TEST APPARATUS - In an antenna test apparatus of the type having a platform for carrying an antenna for test and a pressure board vertically movable by a lifter to hold down a test antenna in the platform for test, the platform has a top flange formed of an electromagnetic wave absorbing material and raised around the periphery, and the pressure board has a bottom flange formed of an electromagnetic wave absorbing material for stopping against the top flange of the platform to protect an antenna to be tested in between the platform and a bottom soft flange of the pressure board against external electromagnetic noises.

Tulip antenna with tuning stub - The tulip antenna has two orthogonally intersecting conductive plates. Each intersecting plate has two ends, and one of these ends is smoothly tapered. The intersecting plates intersect such that the tapered end of both plates together form a tapered side when the intersecting plates intersect. An inner conductor of a coaxial cable is connected to the two intersecting plates at the tapered side of the intersecting plates. The inner conductor and the surrounding insulator pass through a tuning stub and then through a metallic ground plate. The tuning stub is connected to the ground plate. An aperture in the ground plate is sized such that the insulator can pass through it, just as the insulator can pass through the tuning stub. The tuning stub increases the upper frequency limit over which the antenna operates. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is attached to the ground plate.

2010-01-28

20100019980

APPARATUS FOR AN ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus for an antenna system comprising at least one blade to cut the energy in the electric field received by an antenna into a plurality of portions and redirect said plurality of portions for detection by a plurality of detectors. The at least one blade may comprise a plurality of blades to cut the energy into successively smaller and smaller portions. The plurality of detectors can be positioned outside the focal region of the antenna system. If the dimensions of the detectors are required to be relatively large, the system can then detect more closely packed beams than if the detectors had been positioned in the focal region. The apparatus may further comprise at least one focusing element to focus the cut energy onto another blade or a detector. There is also provided an antenna system comprising a plurality of feed horns for producing a plurality of beams; and a plurality of elements to redirect said beams towards a focal region of the antenna system so as to form a group of closely packed beams for transmission by the antenna system.

2010-01-28

20100019981

TRACKING FEED FOR MULTI-BAND OPERATION - An antenna feed system having a single corrugated horn wave guide ports in one of the corrugations, a combiner network which receives signals at approximately 20 GHz from the four wave guide ports and provides sum and difference signals, and a transducer which provides transmit signals at approximately 30 GHz and approximately 44 GHz to a rear end of the single horn.

2010-01-28

20100019982

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The communication apparatus includes a capacitive coupling electrode which is capacitively coupled with an adjacent conductor or an adjacent dielectric and which operates the conductor or the dielectric as an antenna element for electromagnetic waves of a predetermined frequency, and a matching circuit which is connected to the capacitive coupling electrode and which matches impedance of the conductor or the dielectric to be operated as the antenna element for the electromagnetic waves of the predetermined frequency when the conductor or the dielectric is adjacent and capacitively coupled therewith.

2010-01-28

20100019983

DETECTION OF THE VALUE OF AN IMPEDANCE OF A RADIOFREQUENCY SYSTEM - A method and a device for determining the amplitude and the phase of an impedance connected on a transmission line, including a bidirectional coupler having a first line interposed on the transmission line and having a second line providing at its respective ends two measurement signals, and a balun having its respective differential-mode inputs receiving data representative of the measurement signals.

2010-01-28

20100019984

HIGH POWER TWO-PATCH ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM - A patch array antenna is disclosed. The patch array antenna includes a ground plane with two patches. Each patch is supported from the ground plane only by metal posts. The patch array antenna further includes two-pin-feed probes, each pin-feed probe coupled to one patch, and a two-way high power divider attached to both pin-feed probes.

2010-01-28

20100019985

Header with integral antenna for implantable medical devices - Antenna assemblies for an implantable medical device are disclosed. The implantable medical device comprises a hermetically sealed housing, typically formed of titanium materials, and electronics, including a transceiver, disposed therein. An antenna is disposed in an air, gas or plastic dielectric filled compartment within a header, which is attached to the housing. The header is premolded so as to create the compartment. The antenna is then placed within the compartment, which is then sealed.

Normal Mode Helical Antenna - A normal mode helical antenna comprises a coil made by winding a first conductor helically, and a second conductor shorter than the first conductor having a feeding point at the middle thereof. The second conductor is disposed outside of the coil at a center part in a longitudinal direction thereof along the first conductor. Both ends of the second conductor are connected to the first conductor of the coil.

2010-01-28

20100019988

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE STRUCTURE FOR FILTERING OF SINGLE FREQUENCY BAND - There is provided provided a frequency selective surface (FSS) structure for filtering a single frequency band, including: a plurality of unit cells arranged at a predetermined distance, wherein each of the unit cells includes: a substrate; a circular loop formed on the substrate with a predetermined width and having at least one of meanderingly bent portions, wherein a filtering frequency band is controlled by a length of the circular loop, a width of the circular loop, a distance between the unit cells, and a thickness and dielectric constant of dielectric.

2010-01-28

20100019989

DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a display system which includes a plurality of space management units which are hierarchically connected, and each of which manages a predetermined space region as a management space region, a content management unit which manages one or a plurality of contents, and a plurality of display units which display information on display regions. Wherein each of the plurality of display units displays a content arranged in a subspace corresponding to a self display region in the management space region.

2010-01-28

20100019990

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING MARK ON ELECTRONIC MAP AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A synchronizing method and a system for marks on electronic maps and a recording medium using the same are provided. In the present synchronizing method, an input signal is received by a first electronic device, so as to draw a mark on the electronic map displayed thereon. The mark is then converted into positioning information of a plurality of positioning points on the electronic map and transmitted to a second electronic device via a wireless transmission network, wherein the positioning information is used for drawing the positioning points on the electronic map displayed on the second electronic device so as to reconstruct the mark. Accordingly, the mark on the electronic map of both communication ends can be synchronized.

2010-01-28

20100019991

Superimposed displays - Various embodiments of methods and systems for constructing and utilizing displays constructed from superimposed display subunits are disclosed.

2010-01-28

20100019992

Storage medium for storing a signal having successive nonuniform images for subsequent playback and a method for forming such a signal for storage on such - A storage medium has successive nonuniform images stored thereon for retrieval and presentation by a playback device to an eye of a passive viewer, each successive nonuniform image having a highly detailed component and a lesser detailed component, the successive nonuniform images for simulating percepts of an observer of an object space wherein a position of the highly detailed component is changed in selected successive nonuniform images such that a visual axis of the eye of the viewer with respect to a field of view of the selected successive nonuniform images is drawn to passively follow the position of the highly detailed component so that the viewer experiences percepts as if looking through the eyes of the observer of the object space. A method for producing successive nonuniform images for storage on a storage medium is also shown.

2010-01-28

20100019993

Calibrating pixel elements - A composite display is disclosed. In some embodiments, a composite display includes a paddle configured to sweep out an area, a plurality of pixel elements mounted on the paddle, and one or more optical sensors mounted on the paddle and configured to measure luminance values of the plurality of pixel elements. Selectively activating one or more of the plurality of pixel elements while the paddle sweeps the area causes at least a portion of an image to be rendered.

2010-01-28

20100019994

FILTER AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A plasma display device is provided. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a filter which is disposed at a front of the PDP. The filter includes an external light shielding sheet which includes a base unit and a plurality of pattern units that are formed on the base unit and that have a lower refractive index than the base unit. A distance between tops of a pair of adjacent pattern units is 1 3.25 times greater than a distance between bottoms of the pair of adjacent pattern units. Therefore, it is possible for a plasma display device to effectively realize black images and enhance bright room contrast with the aid of an external light shielding sheet which is disposed at a front of a PDP and which absorbs and shields as much external light incident upon the PDP as possible. Also, it is possible to secure an optimum opening ratio for a PDP and enhance the luminance of images displayed by a PDP by forming a plurality of pattern units on an external light shielding sheet so that the distance between the bottoms of the pair of adjacent pattern units can fall within a predetermined percentage range of the distance between the tops of the pair of adjacent pattern units.

2010-01-28

20100019995

IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device which includes a plurality of connected image display elements is provided not to cause an image due to the reflection of light beams emitted from one display surface in the other display surface. In an image display device provided with image display elements, each display surface of which is directed toward an observer to display an image, two or more display elements of them display images on the display surfaces, respectively, and one or more display elements of them have a louver film set on the display surfaces, wherein the louver film has a directionality to shield light beams from going to the direction of a display surface that is different from the display surface on which the louver film is set. Thus, the louver film suppresses an image on one display surface so that the image is not reflected in the other display surface.

2010-01-28

20100019996

DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a switching transistor electrically connected to a gate line and a data line, the data line extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the gate line extending in a second direction, the switching transistor including a switching active pattern comprising amorphous silicon, a driving transistor electrically connected to a driving voltage line and the switching transistor, the driving voltage line extended in the first direction, the driving transistor including a driving active pattern comprising a metal oxide; and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the driving transistor.

2010-01-28

20100019997

Calibrating pixel elements - A composite display is disclosed. In some embodiments, a composite display includes a paddle configured to sweep out an area, a plurality of pixel elements mounted on the paddle, and one or more optical sensors mounted on the paddle and configured to measure luminance values of the plurality of pixel elements. Selectively activating one or more of the plurality of pixel elements while the paddle sweeps the area causes at least a portion of an image to be rendered.

2010-01-28

20100019998

ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - In an array substrate, a method of manufacturing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the array substrate, a pixel electrode includes an outline portion, connection portions, and slit portions. The outline portion is arranged toward a data line and a gate line thereon, and the connection portions extend in a direction that crosses the data line and the gate line, respectively, to connect to the outline portion. The slit portions protrude from side surfaces of the connection portions to connect to the outline portion. A shielding electrode is arranged toward the outline portion between the data line and the outline portion, and the gate line and the outline portion.

2010-01-28

20100019999

METHOD FOR ADDRESSING AN LCD DISPLAY IN COLOR SEQUENTIAL MODE - In a method for addressing an LCD display in color sequential mode, the color frames of a received video sequence are rearranged to form a display sequence applied to the LCD display. The arrangement of the color frames in the display sequence is such that the succession of the colors of the color frames and/or the duration of the color frames is random. Such a method may find application to direct view screens.

2010-01-28

20100020000

IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE - An image output device which outputs an image signal to a liquid crystal display device dividing a screen by a plurality of channels to be operated by the plural channels, includes: a plurality of level controlling units provided for each of the channels to receive an image input signal from each of the channels, control the level of the image input signal, and output the controlled signal as the image signal to be outputted to the liquid crystal display device; a first reference signal supplying unit which supplies a first reference signal to the respective level controlling units in place of the image input signal in a predetermined period; and an adjustment correcting unit which compares output signals from the respective level controlling units with a second reference signal in the predetermined period and corrects corresponding adjustments of the level controlling units based on respective comparison results, wherein each of the level controlling units has a D/A converter which converts the image input signal as digital signal into an analog signal, and the adjustment correcting unit is provided in correspondence with the respective D/A converters and has a plurality of gain/offset correcting units each of which corrects at least either gain or offset of the corresponding D/A converter based on the comparison results.

SCANNING BACKLIGHT FOR LCD - A method for displaying images on a display having backlight is disclosed, where the images is updated periodically with a period. The method comprises the steps of: generating a signal with a pulse pattern for each period depending on the contents of an image to be displayed in that period; and activating backlight in accordance with the signal. Further, a display (

LED BACKLIGHT DRIVER SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER REDUCTION - A method and apparatus for providing a LED backlight to a LCD display screen is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: N LED strings, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to two; a first circuit operable to synchronize a LED clock signal to a LCD timing signal; and a second circuit operable to generate N PWM drive signals synchronized with the LED clock signal, wherein the N PWM drive signals are phase offset from each other by a multiple of 360/N degrees and used to drive respective ones of the N LED strings.

2010-01-28

20100020005

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING BRIGHTNESS OF BACKLIGHT - Provided are a display device and method. The display device includes an image analyzing unit for analyzing an input image signal to extract block-based brightness information of a divided display region, a block control value calculating unit for calculating a backlight control value for a backlight block corresponding to the block of the display region by using the brightness information, and a block control value compensating unit for determining whether to perform a scaling process of reducing brightness degree at a predetermined ratio according to brightness of the respective backlight blocks considering brightness degree of adjacent blocks, and outputting a backlight compensation control value.

2010-01-28

20100020006

DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a first photosensor section; second photosensor section; and signal processing section, wherein the light-shielding film is formed in the same layer as that on the substrate having a light-shielding function so as to be associated with the light-receiving element of the second photosensor section.

2010-01-28

20100020007

DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a display device, including a display panel; a first light emitting unit for inputting a first input light to the display panel based on a first light emitting signal; a second light emitting unit for inputting second input light to the display panel based on a second light emitting signal; and light emitting control unit for outputting the first light emitting signal, the second light emitting signal, the image signal corresponding to the first input light, and the image signal corresponding to the second input light; where the light emitting control unit performs output of the first light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the first input light in synchronization in a first sub-frame, and performs output of the second light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the second input light in synchronization in a second sub-frame.

2010-01-28

20100020008

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In the case where the light source is a white LED backlight, a liquid crystal display apparatus can change the color temperature of a display image by performing a drive control of the light source. Liquid crystal panel

2010-01-28

20100020009

DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device is provided including a photosensor PS that detects the ambient light amount of a display area, a comparator that compares the output of the photosensor PS with a predetermined reference value, and a backlight controller that controls the amount of light supplied to the display area depending on a comparison result by the comparator, a switch SW for controlling application of a precharge potential is connected to a metal that exists near the light-receiving part of the photosensor PS with the intermediary of an insulating film. The embodiment apparently decreases the parasitic capacitance of the detection element to thereby suppress the influence of the parasitic capacitance of the detection element itself at the time of light amount detection.

2010-01-28

20100020010

DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light source unit generating light a display unit displaying an image using the light generated from the light source unit and a display part displaying a symbol, the display part disposed on the display unit, wherein the symbol is determined based on a type of the light source unit, a driving method of the light source unit or a luminance generated from the light source unit.

2010-01-28

20100020011

MAPPING DETECTED MOVEMENT OF AN INTERFERENCE PATTERN OF A COHERENT LIGHT BEAM TO CURSOR MOVEMENT TO EFFECT NAVIGATION OF A USER INTERFACE - A method, system and apparatus provide that movement of an interference pattern of a coherent light beam is mapped to cursor movement to effect navigation of a user interface. A remote controller operable to emit a coherent light beam is in cooperative arrangement with a display device operable to display a user interface, navigable by means of a cursor. A laser diode element and coupled diffuser element of the remote controller generate the coherent light beam. Movement of the remote controller causes movement of an interference pattern of the coherent light beam impinging upon a sensor of the display device; movement of the interference pattern is sensed by the display device and mapped to corresponding movement of the cursor in the user interface. Thus, the remote controller may be used to navigate an on-screen user interface by movement of the remote controller itself.

2010-01-28

20100020012

CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a character input device. The character input device includes a first directional input unit (

WIRELESS MOUSE WITH POWER GENERATING FUNCTION - A wireless mouse includes a bottom board, a pressable button, a transmission gear device, a power-generator and a power storage device. The pressable button comprises a connecting end and a free end, the connecting end rotatably connected to the bottom board, the free end capable of being pressed by an outer force to move from a first position to a second position to generate a rotation kinetic energy. The transmission gear device rotatably connects to the pressable button and is configured for transferring the rotation kinetic energy generated by the moving of the pressable button. The power-generator converts the rotation kinetic energy into an electrical energy. The power storage device is electrically coupled to the power-generator and configured for storing the electrical energy converted by the power-generator and supplying power for the wireless mouse.

2010-01-28

20100020015

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WIRELESS MOUSE - Provided is a multi-functional wireless mouse apparatus. Components for performing various functions as well as a mouse function are added to a wireless mouse and a receiver that is connected to a USB port of a computer to communicate with the wireless mouse. A digital multimedia broadcast receiving unit that can receive a digital multimedia broadcast is provided to the signal receiver. Therefore, it is possible to remove the inconvenience in that one USB port needs to be used for a general USB mouse and another USB port needs to be used for a DMB receiver. In addition, number keys and a dedicated key of which function can be designed by a user are disposed on a surface of the wireless mouse, so that the user can easily change a channel of the digital multimedia broadcast or adjust a volume.

2010-01-28

20100020016

Computer Mouse - A computer mouse includes a handheld casing and a motion detector coupled to the casing to detect movement of the casing. The computer mouse also includes a processor housed in the casing, the processor being in data communication with the motion detector to receive output of the motion detector. The processor includes programming to generate binary output signals from the output of the motion detector while not directly incorporating at least some respective motion detector output corresponding to inadvertent movements of the casing. The amount of movement considered inadvertent is adjustable by a user.

2010-01-28

20100020017

READING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT AND OPERATION METHOD OF READING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A reading device for an electronic document and an operation method of reading an electronic document are provided. The reading device for the electronic document includes an input module and a main body. When the user operates the input module to move in 3D space, the input module can detect a motion state of the input module in the 3D space and generate motion data. Additionally, the main body includes a screen used for displaying a picture of the electronic document. The main body may be connected with the input module via a wireless transmission path. As a result, the main body can receive the motion data generated by the input module and compute the motion data to generate an operation instruction, and then the main body may adjust the picture of the electronic document according to the operation instruction.

2010-01-28

20100020018

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING MENU ITEMS OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for selecting menu items of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method controls a keypad of the electronic apparatus to work in a circular input mode, determines whether a current input key is a first key, controls an indication cursor to highlight a first menu item of a menu item list if the current key is the first key, and checks a number pair comprised of a previous input key and the current key against a clockwise table or a counterclockwise table if the current key is not the first key. The method further generates clockwise sliding events to scroll the indication cursor down if the pair has a match in the clockwise table, or counterclockwise sliding events to scroll the indication cursor up if the pair has a match in the counterclockwise table, so as to select a desired menu item from the menu item list.

2010-01-28

20100020019

NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND KEYBOARD CONTROLLER THEREOF - A notebook computer and a keyboard controller thereof are disclosed. A keyboard controller is coupled to a keyboard matrix having first connecting wires, a second connecting wire, and third connecting wires. The first connecting wires intersect the horizontal third connecting wires to form several first intersection points. The first intersection points correspond to several keys on a keyboard. The keyboard identification (second) connecting wire intersects the third connecting wires to form a plurality of second intersection points. Each of the first intersection points has a switch, respectively. States of the second intersection points defines a keyboard identifier. The keyboard controller includes a first group of pins coupled to the first connecting wires, a second group of pins coupled to the third connecting wires, and a keyboard identification output pin coupled to the second connecting wire.

2010-01-28

20100020020

System and Method for Typing Using Fingerprint Recognition System - A Method for typing utilizes biometric fingerprint recognition with one hand and its thumb and fingers representing the selection of choices from 1 to 5—with thumb selects 1, index finger selects 2, middle finger selects 3, ring finger selects 4 and pinky selects 5. A touchpad with built in fingerprint reader can be used to recognize which finger is pressing the touchpad.

2010-01-28

20100020021

TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control system is disclosed herein. The control system includes a touch screen, and a computer operatively connected to the touch screen. The computer is configured to identify a first position at which the touch screen is contacted. The computer can identify the first position at any portion of the touch screen such that a user can blindly establish the first position. The computer is also configured to identify a second position at which the touch screen is contacted; estimate the magnitude and direction of the difference between the first position and the second position; and regulate a control parameter based on the magnitude and direction of the difference between the first position and the second position.

2010-01-28

20100020022

Visual Feedback System For Touch Input Devices - A visual feedback system includes a touch input screen. A proximity sensing device is coupled to the touch input screen and operable to determine a position of an input member relative to the touch input screen when the input member is proximate to the touch input screen but prior to the contact of the input member and the touch input screen. A visual feedback engine is coupled to the touch input screen and the proximity sensing device and is operable to receive the position of the input member from the proximity sensing device and provide a visual feedback for data displayed on the touch input screen that corresponds to the position of the input member relative to the touch input screen.

2010-01-28

20100020023

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF PHOTO ON DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A method for controlling a motion of a photo on a digital photo frame is disclosed. The method includes establishing a coordinate system on a touch-sensitive screen, sliding over the touch-sensitive screen to make a track, acquiring a start point coordinate (a

2010-01-28

20100020024

Display Apparatus and Data Read-Out Controller Thereof - A display apparatus and a data read-out controller thereof are provided. The display apparatus comprises a touch display module, a first data read-out controller, and a second data read-out controller. Each of the first and the second data read-out controllers comprises a first read-out switch, a second read-out switch, a first sampling unit, and a second sampling unit. According to the time division multiple output operated by the first sampling units, the first read-out switches, the second sampling units, and the second read-out switches of the first and the second data read-out controllers, the number of the output points and power loss can be reduced effectively.

2010-01-28

20100020025

CONTINUOUS RECOGNITION OF MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for processing multi-touch inputs. It provides a method for continuous recognition of multi-touch gestures performed by one or more users on at least one multi-touch input device. The invention in one aspect allows users to start interacting with one multi-gesture and subsequently perform any other multi-touch gestures, if they want it, without needing to lift all their fingers off the multi-touch input device between each multi-touch gesture.

2010-01-28

20100020026

Touch Interaction with a Curved Display - Touch interaction with a curved display (e.g., a sphere, a hemisphere, a cylinder, etc.) is enabled through various user interface (UI) features. In an example embodiment, a curved display is monitored to detect a touch input. If a touch input is detected based on the act of monitoring, then one or more locations of the touch input are determined. Responsive to the determined one or more locations of the touch input, at least one user UI feature is implemented. Example UI features include an orb-like invocation gesture feature, a rotation-based dragging feature, a send-to-dark-side interaction feature, and an object representation and manipulation by proxy representation feature.

2010-01-28

20100020027

METHOD OF CONTROLLING HOME APPLIANCE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL HOME APPLIANCE USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a home appliance having a touch panel and a touch panel home appliance using the same, such as a remote controller for controlling a television receiver, facilitate user recognition and selection of a specific function key displayed on a touchscreen, to enable enhanced control of the function key by a user desiring to step through many values of a range of values quickly and accurately. The method includes steps of displaying a main menu on the touchscreen of the touch panel, the main menu including at least one function key for controlling the home appliance, the touchscreen enabling a function key of the main menu to be selected by a user; displaying, in response to a user selection of one of the at least one function key, a set of enlarged keys corresponding to the selected function key of the main menu, the display of the enlarged keys on the touchscreen wholly replacing the display of the main menu; and executing, in response to a touch event with respect to the touchscreen displaying the set of enlarged keys, a control function corresponding to the selected function key, the control function having a parameter value set according to properties of the touch event.

TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A touch screen display device and a driving method of the same are provided. The touch screen display device includes a touch screen display panel including a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction and cross the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively arranged at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other; and a read-out unit that receives output signals of the respective first sensing lines and second sensing lines, reading at least one sensing position, and outputting one of the at least one read sensing positions as a touch position, wherein if the number of sensing positions of the current frame is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares the at least two sensing positions of the current frame with a touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame as a touch position of the current frame.

2010-01-28

20100020030

METHOD OF MANAGING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of managing content and an apparatus using the same are provided. A method of managing content includes sensing a touch on an area on which content is displayed; detecting a pressure intensity of a touched area; and generating supplementary information of the content using the detected pressure intensity. Therefore, supplementary information is set, or content is searched for according to a pressure intensity.